News South Korea confirmed another case COVID 571-19 ☣

South Korea confirmed another 571 cases COVID-19 ☣ Friday, bringing the total infections to 2337.

As at 16:00 local time number of infected patients amounted to 2337, which is 571 more than in the previous day.

The Korean centers for control and disease prevention (KCDC) has been updated twice a day at 10:00 and 17:00 local time.

Of new 447 patients were residents of Daegu, about 300 km South-East of the capital Seoul, and 64 from the surrounding province of North Gyeongsang province.

The total number of infections in the province of Daegu and the province of North Gyeongsang province rose to 1579 and 409, respectively.

In recent days, virus infection dramatically increased, and from 19 to 27 February, it was 1735 new cases.

Alarm red ❌

On Sunday, the country lifted a four-level virus alert to the highest “red” level.

Daegu became the epicenter of the spread of the virus here since the city was discovered the largest group of massive infections with a population of 2.4 million people.

The group was associated with Church services, a small religious sect called Sinchonri in Daegu. As of Friday morning, 840 cases were associated with worship.

A total of 117 cases were identified in the hospital Daenam in the County of Cheongdo, South of Daegu.

The test was carried out for all about 650 patients and medical staff, since almost all patients in the psychiatric ward of the hospital tested positive for the virus.

It was considered that the cluster infection in the hospital was associated with the sect Sinchonri, as the number of followers attended the funeral ceremony of the founder Singhong.

Last week, the government has identified Daegu and Cheongdo as a “special care”.